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(****-****). Actress. Performed in
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See '''[[Fiona Ramsay]]'''
Metamorphosis,
 
Summit Conference.
 
(SACD 1981/82)
 
 
 
(19**-) Actress and director. Born in ***, Studied drama at the [[University of Cape Town]]?*.  ***  Worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, appearing in ''[[Candaules Commissioner]]'' and ''[[Dolls]]'' (directed by [[Richard Grant]] and [[Michael O’Brien]]), *** Other roles include "Eva" in ''[[Summit Conference]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1981), "Helen/Sybil" in [[Berkoff]]'s hugely successful and frequently repeated  ''[[Decadence]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1992 - also done 199* and 2003), ''[[Born in the RSA]]'' ([[Simon]] & Co, 1985),  As director *** RAMSAY, Fiona. She starred in the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]’s production of [[Kafka]]’s ''[[Metamorphosis]]'' together with [[Henry Goodman]], [[Steven Berkoff]] and [[Ian Roberts]]. It was directed by [[Richard E. Grant]] and [[Mike O’Brien]] and staged at the [[Market]] in 1980. She starred in [[Pieter Toerien]]’s production of ''[[Agnes of God]]'' together with [[Pauline Bailey]] and [[Lena Ferugia]] which was directed by [[Nikolas Simmonds]] at the [[Baxter]] and the [[Alhambra]] in 1983. She was later replaced by [[Sandra Duncan]] when she opened at the [[Andre Huguenet]] co-starring with [[Richard Haines]] in [[Tom Stoppard]]’s ''[[The Real Thing]]'' which was directed by [[Nikolas Simmonds]] in 1983.  She starred in ''[[In praise of Rattigan]]'' together with [[Rex Garner]], [[Jonathan Rands]] and [[Neville Thomas]] with direction by [[Rex Garner]] in 1984.  She starred in the [[Baxter]] production of [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Decadence]]'' together with [[Henry Goodman]] with direction by [[Ron Smerczak]] in 1984. Together with the cast  comprising [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Timmy Kwebulana]], [[Gcina Mhlophe]], [[Terry Norton]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]] and [[Neil McCarthy]], and in collaboration with its director [[Barney Simon]], she helped write ''[[Born in the RSA]]'' which opened at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in August 1985 before moving to the main theatre. She starred in [[Michael Frayn]]’s ''[[Benefactors]]'' which was directed by [[Rex Garner]] for [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1985. She starred in [[Tom Stoppard]]’s ''[[Rough Crossings]]'' at the [[Alhambra]] in 1987. She starred in [[Fred Abrahams]]’s production of ''[[A Midsummer Night’s Dream]]'' at the [[Market]] in 1989. She starred in [[François Swart]]’s production of ''[[As You Like It]]'' in 1989. She starred in [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]’ ''[[Scorched Earth]]'' in Johannesburg in 1989. She starred in [[Tom Stoppard]]’s ''[[Hapgood]]'' at the [[Alexander]] in 1989. She directed [[Christopher Durang]]’s ''[[Laughing Wild]]'' at the [[Market]] in October 1990. She starred in [[John Guare]]’s ''[[Six Degrees of Separation]]'' in 1992. She starred in [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Decadence]]'' in 1993. *** ''[[Scorched Earth]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1989)  RAMSAY, Fiona, graduated from [[UCT]], 1979 with BA, & Performance Arts Diploma, Best Actress Fleur de Cap, 1981, won the Most Promising New Actress  for the [[AA Mutual Vita Awards]], 1984.
 
 
 
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